Cigar-cutter crown for watches.



E. E. STOCKTON.

CIGAR CUTTER CROWN FOR WATCHES.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 25, 1915.

Patented May 4, 1915.

IT Tm UNITED STATES PATENT oEEIoE.

ELMER E. STOCKTON, OF BRISTOL, CONNECTICUT.

CIGAR-CUTTER CROWN FOR WATCHES.

Application filed February 25, 1915.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ELMER E. STOCKTON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bristol, in the county of Hartford and State of Connnecticut, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Cigar-Cutter Crowns for Vatches; and I do hereby declare the following, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings and the characters of reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description of the'same, and which said drawings constitute part of this application, and represent in Figure 1 a broken view in front elevation of a watch provided with one form which my improved cigar cutter watch crown may assume. Fig. 2 a broken view thereof in edge elevation. Fig. 3 a broken plan view thereof. Fig. 4: a view thereof in vertical central section on the line ab of Fig. 3 with the crown pulled out into its setting position. Fig. 5 a corresponding view on the line c-cZ of Fig. 3 with the crown in its normal or winding position. Fig. 6 a detached plan view of the saddle of the crown.

Fig. 7 a corresponding View of the knife.

My invention relates to an improved cigarcutter crown for watches, the object being to provide an Brdinary watch, at a low cost, with a convenient and highly eifective cigarcutting adjunct.

With these ends in View, my invention consists in a watch-crown adapted to discharge the secondary function of a cigarcutter and having certain details of construction and combinations of parts as will be hereinafter described and pointed out in the claims.

In carrying out my invention as herein shown, I employ a thin fiat knife-blade 2 having a curved cutting edge 3 and arranged to coact with the opposite edges of a circular positioning and cutting opening 4 formed in a non-rotary saddle 5 embracing, as it were, a watch-crown 6 consisting, as shown, of a shallow, cylindrical cup having a knurled edge 7 and open at its outer end for the reception of the said knife 2. The outer edge 8 of the said knife is beveled and conforms in curvature to the crown 6 which is formed with a groove 9 receiving the beveled edge of the knife over which the edge of the cup is spun to form a retainingfiange 10 as shown in Figs. 4: and 5. The inner edge of the knife 2 is formed with a hole 11 adapting it to be set over the reduced Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 4., 1915.

Serial No. 10,553.

portion 12 of the outer end of a short stud 13 the inner end of which is staked into a concentric boss 14 rising from the bottom of the crown. 6 into the circular receivingchamber 15 thereof. At its inner end, the stud 13 rests upon the reduced portion 16 of an ordinary longitudinally movable and rotatable winding-and-setting stem 17 to which the crown 6 is secured by staking it upon the said reduced portion 16 of the stem. The opening tbefore mentioned, is located entirely to one side of the axis of the stem 17 as seen in Fig. 3. The non-rotatable saddle 5 is shaped to close but little more than half of the outer end of the chamber 15 so as to permit the free discharge therefrom of the tips clipped from the ends of the cigars. As shown the saddle is formed with a small opening 18 receiving a bearing 19 formed integral with the stud 13 and separated from the body thereof by the reduced portion 12 already mentioned. The opposite ends of the saddle are formed with arms 20 extending down over, but clearing the edges of the crown 2 and inward under the same and formed at their inner ends with parallel fingers 21 which enter holes 22 in the outer face of the pendant-head 23 which is furnished with sockets 24 for the reception of the trunnions 25 of the bow 26. Under this construction, the saddle 5 is held against rotation with the crown 6 while permitted to move inward and outward therewith. As shown, the inner face of the crown 6 is formed with a concentric flange 27 entering a groove 28 produced by beveling the outer end 29 of the pendant-sleeve 80 which is attached to the center-ring 31 of the watch case.

In using my improved cutter, the tip 32 of the cigar 33 is introduced into the receiving-chamber 15 of the crown 6 through the positioning and cutting opening 1 in the saddle 5 after which the crown is rotated in one direction or the other, but preferably in the direction of ratcheting back so as to avoid winding the watch at the time of clipping the cigar. The edge 3 of the knife 2 outs 01f the tip by a drawing out, while the cigar is held stationary, the fragments of tobacco being discharged from the chamber 15 which is only partly closed by the saddle as described.

My improved cigar-cutter watch-crown may be applied to stem-winding and stemsetting watches which push in to set or pull out to set, that being immaterial as far as my invention is concerned. It is also apparent that in adapting the watch-crown of a stem: winding and stem-setting watch to discharge the additional function of a cigar cutter, I may vary the details of construction herein shown and described, my invention consisting broadly in a cigar-cutter watch-crown.

I claim 1. A stem-winding and stem-setting watch having a rotatable crown and a member nonrotatable with respect to the crown, the said crown and member being adapted to co-act to clip the tip of a cigar.

2. A stem-winding and stem-setting watch having a rotatable and longitudinally movable crown and a member non-rotatable with respect to the crown but longitudinally movable therewith, the said crown and member being adapted to co-act to clip the tip of a cigar.

3. A stem-winding and stem-setting watch having a rotatable, longitudinally movable crown and a saddle embracing the crown, non-rotatable with respect thereto but longitudinally movable therewith, the said crown and saddle being adapted to co-act to cut the tip of a cigar.

4.. In a stem-winding and stem-setting watch, the combination with a chambered crown, of a knife mounted therein, and a saddle applied over the said crown and adapted to permit the passage of the tip of a cigar through it into the chamber of the crown into position to be cut by the said knife.

5. In a watch, the combination with a winding and setting stem, of a crown fastened thereto and formed with a receivingchamber, a knife mounted in the outer portion of the crown, and a saddle embracing the crown and having a positioning and cutting opening for the insertion of the tip of a cigar through it into the said chamber into position to be cut by the edge of the knife.

6. In a watch, the combination with the winding and setting stem thereof, of a chambered crown fastened to the said stem, a knife having a curved cutting edge mounted in the outer portion of the said crown, and a saddle embracing the crown and formed with a positioning and cutting opening located to one side of the axis of the stem and adapted to permit the passage through it of the tip of a cigar into the chamber of the crown.

In testimony wherof, I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ELMER E. STOCKTON.

WVitnesses:

M. J. LARGE, DUDLEY S. INGRAHAM.

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